Parkman v. Hastings

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal by Forrest Parkman from circuit court orders dismissing his complaint in a damage suit he filed for defamation of character and reputation against the defendant-appellees, Harry Hastings, Sr., Cecil Hill, Sr., John Wilkins and Gail Ferguson. The complaint was dismissed by the trial court on Hastings’ motion for dismissal and for summary judgment and on the other appellees’ motion for dismissal because the complaint stated a cause of action for slander and was barred by the one-year statute of limitations. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 37-201 (Repl. 1962).

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